12.34¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Gastonia / NC ]
City of Gastonia electricity rates in North Carolina
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
−0.5%
vs 2024
27,524
residential customers
−0.6%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Gastonia's average effective residential rate (12.34¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.82¢ | — | 23,478 |
| 2016 | 12.75¢ | −0.6% | 23,916 |
| 2017 | 12.91¢ | +1.3% | 24,059 |
| 2018 | 12.34¢ | −4.4% | 24,541 |
| 2019 | 12.33¢ | −0.1% | 24,660 |
| 2020 | 12.42¢ | +0.7% | 25,075 |
| 2021 | 12.45¢ | +0.2% | 25,806 |
| 2022 | 12.81¢ | +2.9% | 25,777 |
| 2023 | 12.46¢ | −2.7% | 26,404 |
| 2024 | 12.40¢ | −0.5% | 27,008 |
| 2025 | 12.34¢ | −0.5% | 27,524 |
How this compares
14.00¢
North Carolina average, 2025
−11.9%
City of Gastonia vs NC 2025 average
−28.4%
vs US 2025 average
#43
priciest in NC
Serves 1 county in North Carolina: Gaston. 5 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Gastonia's average residential rate has gone from 12.82¢ to 12.34¢ per kWh: −3.7% over 10 years, or about −0.4% a year. It rose in 4 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +2.9% in 2022. The largest drop was −4.4% in 2018.
For a home using 1,044 kWh a month, the North Carolina average, City of Gastonia's 2025 rate works out to about $1,546 a year, $208 less than at North Carolina's average rate of 14.00¢. Of the 54 North Carolina utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 43rd most expensive.
City of Gastonia served 23,478 homes in 2015 and 27,524 in 2025 (+17.2%), under 1% of North Carolina's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Gastonia's rates
City of Gastonia is a municipal utility owned by the local government. The city council or a local utility board sets its rates, usually after a public meeting, and the North Carolina Utilities Commission generally does not.
Commission contact: North Carolina Utilities Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is City of Gastonia raising rates in 2026?
City of Gastonia's rates are set by the city council or a local utility board, not through a rate case at the North Carolina Utilities Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved −0.5% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Gastonia charge per kWh?
City of Gastonia's average effective residential rate was 12.34¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). North Carolina's 2025 average was 14.00¢.
How much have City of Gastonia rates gone up in five years?
−0.6% between 2020 and 2025, against +33.2% for North Carolina as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Gastonia have in North Carolina?
27,524 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Gaston, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey, which every US utility files. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)